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ISP News Archives for 2017

London Scientists Prep 10Gbps Home Wireless Network Using Li-Fi and 5G

14th Sep 2017 (3 Comments)

A team working out of Brunel University London has secured £720,000 of funding from Europe’s Horizon 2020 programme in order to help them develop a 10Gbps capable home wireless network using hybrid Li-Fi (Light Fidelity) and mmWave tech inside LED (Light-Emitting Diode) room lights.

Virgin Media Agrees to Move Light Obstructing Barrhead Street Cabinet

14th Sep 2017 (9 Comments)

Remember those pensioners in Barrhead (East Renfrewshire, Scotland) who complained that Virgin Media’s new 5ft tall street cabinet “completely blocks out any light from coming into the house” (here)? After a nine month battle, plus lots of bad media publicity, the operator has agreed to move it.

Openreach Delays Launch of 160Mbps and 330Mbps FTTP Product Tiers

13th Sep 2017 (16 Comments)

Openreach (BT) has confirmed that the launch of their new 160Mbps (30Mbps up) and 330Mbps (50Mbps up) product tiers for Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband lines, which will mirror the new G.fast tiers, is being delayed by one month because “further deployment testing is required.”

Ookla Compares Broadband Speeds in England, Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland

13th Sep 2017 (0 Comments)

Internet speed measuring company Ookla, which runs the popular Speedtest.net service, has published a short update that breaks the mobile and fixed line broadband speeds of the United Kingdom down by country. Interestingly Scotland comes out on top for fixed broadband performance.

Vodafone Spot 50+ Digital Super Towns Ripe for “Full Fibre” and 4G Investment

13th Sep 2017 (9 Comments)

Mobile and broadband provider Vodafone has published a new study that claims to have identified 50+ towns and cities across England that have “digital potential just waiting to be unlocked,” provided they can fully exploit their digital resources to drive economic growth.

Cheshire UK Sets Aside £7.25m of Public Funding to Boost Broadband Cover

13th Sep 2017 (1 Comment)

The Connecting Cheshire scheme in England has confirmed that their roll-out of “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services across Cheshire and Warrington will soon be extended, which is thanks to the securing of an additional public investment worth £7.25 million.

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Bid £2.12m to Build 1Gbps Fibre Network

13th Sep 2017 (0 Comments)

The Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Council in Northern Ireland has agreed to bid for £2.12m of public funding from the UK Government’s new £200m programme, which could help the region to build a new “Gigabit” fibre optic ring around the region and improve rural connectivity.

£28m Deal – Nearly 15500 Premises in Warwickshire to Get FTTP Ultrafast Broadband

13th Sep 2017 (18 Comments)

The CSW Broadband project, which aims to make “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) available to 98% of premises in Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry (England) by the end of 2019, has agreed a £28m Phase 3 contract with Openreach (BT) to roll-out 1Gbps capable FTTP to nearly 15,500 premises.

Vodafone UK Cuts 20% off their FTTC Unlimited Fibre Broadband Prices

12th Sep 2017 (8 Comments)

New customers of Vodafone’s unlimited ‘up to 38Mbps and ‘up to’ 76Mbps capable FTTC (VDSL2) based “fibre broadband” packages can now benefit from a 20% discount on the monthly rental, which will apply for the first 18 months of service. As a result the prices now start from £20 per month.

Openreach Deploys Ultrafast FTTP Broadband Over Existing Copper Network

12th Sep 2017 (41 Comments)

Network provider Openreach (BT) appears to have completed the pilot of a new process option for Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) “ultrafast broadband” networks, which enables them to run optical fibre cables over their existing copper cable network / ducts at housing developments.

Sky Mobile UK Introduces 4G Mobile Plan with a 10GB Data Allowance

12th Sep 2017 (9 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today introduced a new Sky Mobile 4G plan with a bigger 10GB data allowance for £20 per month. On top of that they’ve also reduced the price of their 5GB plan from £20 to £15 per month and removed the old 3GB plan entirely (existing customers can upgrade).

UPDATE ICO Fine True Telecom £85K for Nuisance Calls and Impersonating BT

12th Sep 2017 (8 Comments)

Kent based broadband ISP True Telecom, which is already in hot water with Ofcom over their handling of service migrations (here), has been fined £85,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for “making illegal nuisance calls” and giving “the impression they were from BT” (Openreach).

BT Pledges to Reduce its Environmental Carbon Emissions by 87% for 2030

12th Sep 2017 (7 Comments)

Last year saw UK telecoms giant BT achieve their target of an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020 (i.e. four years ahead of schedule). Today they’ve set a new goal of cutting carbon emissions by 87% in tonnes of CO2e per unit of GVA (Gross Value Added) by 2030, from a 2016/17 baseline.

Survey Finds Support for a 30Mbps Broadband Universal Service Obligation

12th Sep 2017 (4 Comments)

The most recent survey of 1,701 ISPreview.co.uk readers, which was conducted between 13th July and 4th September 2017, has found that 82.8% of respondents support the UK Government’s proposal to introduce a 10Mbps+ USO for broadband but 77.7% would prefer a minimum speed of 30Mbps+.

Network Provider ITS Technology Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

11th Sep 2017 (2 Comments)

The ITS Technology group, which has built and manages a mix of fibre optic and fixed wireless broadband networks across the United Kingdom, has today appointed Carl Kameen (43) to be its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in order to help them “keep up with an increased market demand and uptake.”

UPDATE Equifax Hack Confusion – Fears for UK Customers of BT and Other ISPs

11th Sep 2017 (12 Comments)

Fears are growing that potentially up to 44 million consumers in the United Kingdom, including customers of BT and possibly other broadband providers, could be caught up in the huge personal data breach that hit US credit rating firm Equifax from May – July 2017 (details were only revealed last week!).

EE UK to Boost 4G Speeds by Refarming 10MHz of 1800MHz Spectrum from 2G

11th Sep 2017 (18 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they intend to further boost the top speeds and reliability of their “superfast” 4G based mobile data network by converting (“refarming“) another 10MHz of radio spectrum in the 1800MHz band from older 2G services.